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Woody Cain
Morning NewscasterWoody is a Charlotte native who came to WFAE from the world of NASCAR where he was host of NASCAR Today for MRN Radio as well as a pit reporter, turn announcer and host of the NASCAR Live pre race show for Cup Series races. Before that, he was a news anchor at WBT radio in Charlotte, a traffic reporter, editor of The Charlotte Observer’s University City Magazine, News/Sports Director at WEGO-AM in Concord and a Swiss Army knife in local cable television. His first job after graduating from Appalachian State University was news reporter at The Daily Independent in Kannapolis. Along the way he’s covered everything from murder trials and a national political convention to high school sports and minor league baseball.
Woody and his wife, Sandy, live in Concord with their dog, Mini.
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Mecklenburg County says it will mail 2024 bills for real property, individual personal property, and business personal property taxes by Wednesday, July 31. Bills are due Sept. 1, and must be paid by Jan. 6 to avoid interest.
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Union County Public Health is investigating a case of active tuberculosis involving a Porter Ridge High School student.
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Mecklenburg County has recorded its tenth positive case of rabies this year and says for the first time in recent years, a cat has tested positive.
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Catawba County deputies shot and killed a suspect they were trying to arrest Monday night at a business near Conover. WSOC reports Catawba County’s Special Tactics and Response team tried to arrest 33-year-old Pierre Ramseur who worked at Elite Comfort Solutions at about 6 p.m.
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The Atlantic Coast Conference opened its football kickoff event Monday in uptown Charlotte. Before the sports talk, ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips made opening remarks and addressed ongoing legal challenges from Clemson and Florida State, who want to leave the league, in part, for bigger television deals elsewhere. Phillips said he won’t back down.
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If you’re headed to Charlotte Douglas airport on Friday morning, expect long lines and delays. The number of flights affected by a worldwide technology failure continues to climb. So far at CLT, 115 flights have been canceled and 132 more are delayed. American Airlines has resumed operations, but it’ll take a while to catch up. Ground stops have been reported across the country.
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Greg Lindberg, the former owner of Colorado Bankers Life Insurance Co., was found guilty by a federal jury on Thursday for a second time of bribing North Carolina’s insurance commissioner.
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Severe storms that swept across the area Wednesday and overnight are blamed for one death in Gaston County and tens of thousands remain without power Thursday morning. Officials in Gaston County have declared a state of emergency.
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UNC Charlotte Police, with support from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police, dispersed on-campus protesters supporting Gaza on Tuesday. A letter from the chancellor said the situation was resolved peacefully, with one person detained.
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Benjamin Joseph Taylor was arrested this weekend in Imperial County, California, which borders Mexico. He’s charged with three counts of murder and one count of concealment of death in the case of Markayla Johnson, Miracle Johnson, 4, and 7-month-old Messiah Johnson.